A degree gives a better chance of employment
Don't you feel anxious if you hear someone say "what is the use of getting a degree if you can't get a job?"
Such talk is damaging and is not based on fact, says Kerry Damons of Boston City Campus & Business College.
“Your future depends on your education as well as on you and your attitude… give all you’ve got to your studies, exams, and your job,” she says. “Look at the real facts and don’t hesitate to enrol for a degree.”
The real fact, she points out, is that people with degrees find jobs, as the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) revealed in a report released in April. The CDE commissioned Professor Servaas van der Berg and Hendrik van Broekhuizen of the Department of Economics of the University of Stellenbosch to analyse data on graduate unemployment.
They found that though South Africa has high levels of unemployment, the public perception of the extent of unemployment among graduates is exaggerated.
“The popular view that… a university degree no longer guarantees success in the job market is simply not true,” they wrote. “In the face of the data, the myth that graduates in general, and black graduates in particular, are struggling to find work needs to be put to bed. South Africa’s employers are desperate for skills. The data also suggest that the claim that business is reluctant to hire black graduates needs to be re-examined.”
The CDE report states that unemployment increases progressively as one goes down the educational scale.
“We at Boston City Campus & Business College firmly believe that a degree leads to employment,” says Damons. “So much so that we launched two new degrees at the beginning of this year, namely the BCom management marketing and the BBA in media operations.”
As a Unisa licensee the college also offers tuition towards Unisa degrees such as BCom, BBA, LLB, BAdmin and BCompt undergraduate degrees, as well as the postgraduate degrees of Hons BCompt and Hons BA (Psych).
The college offers career and study advice free of charge as part of their corporate social responsibility. Anyone is welcome to make use of the service, just phone for an appointment.
Details: www.boston.co.za
